Somali arrested by U.S. sought to expand al Shabaab

2011-07-06T15:30:21Z

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An accused leader of the Somali militant group al Shabaab captured by U.S. forces and charged in a federal court sought to expand the group's operations beyond his home country, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.

Ahmed Somali regime appealed to the US Supreme Court Wednesday to allow them to take legal action against an ex-leader they accuse of torture.

In a case which could leave the Obama administration in a delicate diplomatic position, the victims asked the court to rule whether charges can be bro...

REP PAYNE NARROWLY ESCAPES HARM IN SOMALIA

2010-10-22T11:57:08Z

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PIRATES ABOUND

2010-10-22T11:43:14Z

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Clinton warns Eritrea, backs Somali leader

2010-04-16T10:57:24Z

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday threw her support behind Somalia's embattled president and warned Eritrea to stop sponsoring Al-Qaeda inspired insurgents turning the country into a terror hub.

Clinton held the highest-level US meeting yet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton went into talks Thursday with the embattled president of Somalia, a country experts fear is poised to turn into a global terrorist haven.

The meeting in Nairobi was the highest-level US meeting yet with Somali President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed

Clinton pledges strong support for Somali government

2010-04-16T10:57:50Z

NAIROBI (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton pledged strong support for Somalia's fragile government Thursday and said that Eritrean interference in the Horn of Africa nation was "unacceptable."

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US warns Eritrea of 'short window' for better ties

2010-04-16T11:05:57Z

The United States on Wednesday warned Eritrea that it had a "very short window" of time in which it could improve ties with Washington and avoid a possible US push for sanctions.

"There's a very short window for Eritrea to signal, through its actions," that it wants better ties, notably by ending support for Islamist e...

Americans fascinated by pirate story

2010-04-16T13:37:07Z

Human drama or pop-culture fascination, Americans are riveted by the pirate story

We're going through a crippling recession. The CIA is under fire over its interrogation techniques. And U.S. policy toward Cuba may be about to change. But the most-followed news story of late? A tale of pirates on the high seas.

Some who study pop culture suspect that's at least p...

Obama and the Pirates

2010-10-21T09:30:38Z

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US agencies plot piracy response

2010-06-26T01:14:22Z

Agencies across the US government met Friday on stepping up the fight against pirates days after the dramatic rescue of a US captain off Somalia shot the issue to the top of the new administration's agenda.

Representatives from agencies including the State, Defense and Justice Departments were taking part in a strategy session to formulate a united response to the scourge blighting the global shipping industry.

The meeting comes ...

US senator: Obama must not neglect Somalia

2010-04-16T15:37:15Z

A leading US Democratic senator warned President Barack Obama Monday not to neglect Somalia after the latest piracy incident off the country's coast and a mortar attack on a US lawmaker.

"For years, Somalia's growing instability was neglected by the Bush administration and the international community. The new administration ...

Obama vows to confront pirates

2010-04-16T15:37:10Z

President Barack Obama made a fresh vow to confront piracy on Monday, hours after a Somali pirate chief warned of revenge against Americans following the dramatic rescue of a US sea captain.

Obama said the United States was resolved to hold those who prey on merchant shipping accountable, following the freeing of Analysis: Bush leaves stricken Somalia no better than he found it and maybe worse

The Bush administration inherited a mess in strategic Somalia and may be leaving President-elect Barack Obama with a worse one.

The explosion of piracy off Somalia's coast is an attention-grabbing product of internal chaos in the Somali Action Alliance talks about the challenges of taking an accurate census in the Somali community at his office in Minneapolis, Minn., Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2010. Nearly one in three people with Somali ancestry in the United States live in Minnesota, ...

WikiLeaks Piracy

2010-12-10T06:31:23Z

FILE - This is a Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009, file photo of the the arms-laden Ukrainian ship MV Faina as it arrives in the Kenyan port of Mombasa, after an airdropped ransom of millions was paid. The U.S. considered taking military action against the Ukrainian ship MV Fainan that was carrying tanks and an...

Somalia Refugee Rapes

2010-12-07T06:32:29Z

In this Thursday Dec. 2, 2010 photo, The U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres,right, listening to the problems of the internally displaced people in a camp outside Galkayo, Somalia. Aid workers in Somalia ...

Portland Car Bomb Plot

2010-12-06T13:02:11Z

This recent, undated photo taken from a cell phone video obtained and aired by Portland, Ore., televsion station KPTV, shows 19-year-old Somali-born Mohamed Osman Mohamud. In the video, which the station says was recorded May 22, 2010 in an

Somalia Fighting

2010-12-06T07:02:03Z

Somali government soldiers take positions during clashes with Islamist insurgents in southern Mogadishu's Wardhigley neighborhood , Monday Dec. 6, 2010. Fighting erupted after Somali government forces advanced into the Islamist controlled barracks in the area. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh)

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